Verbal Operants
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This part explains what happens after the behavior that may reinforce it.
Consequences
Joey flops to the floor screaming when he sees a chocolate bar on the counter is likely what function?
Manding
This strategy involves rewarding a student for demonstrating appropriate behavior.
Positive Reinforcement
This type of data tracks how often a behavior occurs.
Frequency
This verbal operant is evoked by another person’s speech and has point-to-point correspondence.
Echoic
This part of a BIP describes what happens right before a behavior occurs.
Antecedent
A child screaming every time their caregiver gets on the phone is likely what function?
Attention
This intervention removes a preferred item following a behavior to decrease it.
Response Cost
This method measures how long a behavior lasts.
“Daddy look! It’s a firetruck!” is what operant?
Tacting
This document outlines strategies to reduce problem behaviors and teach appropriate alternatives.
BIP
A child who grabs a car from another child likely serves as what function?
Tangible
Allowing a student to choose between tasks to reduce refusal behavior is this type of strategy.
Choices
This recording method checks if a behavior occurs during specific time intervals.
Interval Recording
Child reaches for a box and says "Cookie!!" is what verbal operant
Mand
This type of behavior serves to gain attention, escape tasks, access items, or sensory input.
Functions of Bx
A child who is playing with cars and lines them up in a specific manner likely serves as what function?
Automatic
A student earns tokens for staying on task, which can later be exchanged for a reward.
Token Economy
This ensures that different observers record behavior in the same way.
Interobserver agreement
A student reads the word “cat” out loud from a flashcard.
Textual
This section helps define the behaviors we are targeting to teach
Replacement Behaviors
A child who says "I want a break." is likely serving what function?
Escape
Adjusting the difficulty of an assignment to prevent frustration-related behaviors is an example of this.
Task Modification
This type of data tracks how often a behavior occurs over a specific time